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What are card sleeves and how to buy the right ones?

Card sleeves are devices used to
protect trading cards, card games and board games from damage and especially
collectible card game cards from wear and tear and for storing them properly.
They are a rigid plastic case with one end open designed for storing cards in
card albums or binders. Card sleeves were designed once the collectible card
games became popular and also because of new technologies. Two varieties of car
sleeves were made. One is the bulky top-loader essentially for storing singe
card and the less expensive simple one designed for storing more cards.

Card sleeves became popular after
the popularity of the magic tournaments and after that many different varieties
of card sleeves were started to come into existence. However, with time
different varieties made it difficult to choose the right card sleeve which
means one should know certain points before buying a card sleeve that will fit
their requirements and parameters. There are various parameters which should be
checked before ordering or buying a card sleeve as you will be storing cards in
them for safety purposes and what if the cards are damaged even after storing
them in the card sleeves.

Below are some of the parameters
which you need to check if you want to buy some of the best card sleeves:

1.The first and foremost thing you should
check while buying card sleeves is the size. Size is very important while
buying the card sleeves because you can’t go with a sleeve of smaller size as
it will damage the cards and neither a bigger size will help because then you
will have problems in shuffling and it will be harder to stack the cards both
in small and big sizes.

2.Check with the material of the sleeves and
if possible check other stores as well for different types of materials and
know the effects of the materials on the cards and on shuffling.

3.Check with the quality of the sleeves and do
not but the sleeve if the quality is not good. It is about the safety of the
cards and hence you cannot compromise on that.

4.The thickness of the sleeve is also
important. Thinner sleeves are cheaper but they can easily wear if you are
playing on rougher surfaces and shuffling also becomes harder with thinner
sleeves.

5.Opaque sleeves are recommended because they
make it difficult to mark cards in a tournament giving you and upper hand. It
will also keep you cards hidden from stalkers as well keeping it safe and
protected.

6.You can also go with polyurethane sleeves
instead of polypropylene sleeves as the former are strong, form and have sharp
edges making shuffle easier while the later are flimsy and floppy bags.

With the above mentioned tips,
buying the right card sleeve will become easier for you. You can simply follow
the tips and choose the right card sleeve for you that will be worth spending
money on and will also keep your cards safe and protected.

What are card sleeves and how to buy the right ones?
Reviewed by Kapil Kumar
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